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• About 2,500 flee chemical leak in western Pa.
PETROLIA, Pa. - A corrosive liquid overflowed from a tank at a chemical plant in western Pennsylvania on Saturday, evaporating into a toxic cloud that snaked along the ground and forced about 2,500 to flee. At least three residents were believed to ...
• Iran says it forced down Western plane
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian news reports claimed Tuesday that Iran forced down a Western aircraft that accidentally entered its airspace, then allowed the plane to continue to Afghanistan after questioning its passengers. The state-owned Al-Alam, Iran's ...
• Norbert weakens to tropical storm over Mexico
The center said Norbert was expected to reach western Texas and New Mexico later in the day. Hurricane Norbert made landfall over mainland Mexico early Sunday morning about 25 miles southeast of Huatabampo, the center said. The storm moved over the ...
• Afghan official: More than 100 Taliban killed
Insurgency-related violence has killed more than 4,700 people — mostly militants — this year, according to an Associated Press count of figures from Western and Afghan officials. A roadside bomb, meanwhile, struck a civilian vehicle traveling in ...
• Quake shakes Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico
... realized the windows were closed," said British Virgin Islands government spokeswoman Sandra Ward. The quake struck on the 90th anniversary of the worst temblor ever recorded in Puerto Rico, a magnitude 7.3 quake that killed 118 people in the western ...